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Three days after the launch of Pikmin 3 in Japan and already the game has been driving sales of the Wii U. Just four days after it’s launch, Japanese retail and rental store Tsutaya noted that Pikmin 3 was topping the charts and indeed helping hardware sales of the struggling Wii U. The store’s Director of the Game Rental Planning Group quoted,

“Pikmin 3, that came out nine years after Pikmin 2, is having a really good start. Sales at Tsutaya are comparable to the release of Super Mario Bros U and have driven greater sales of Wii U units.”

To put that into perspective, New Super Mario Bros U sold 163,528 copies in it’s release week in Japan. Pikmin 3 is just one of the few games coming out over the course of the next year which is critical to the Wii U’s revival. Over the course of the next 6 months, the Wii U will be getting some key exclusives including The Wonderful 101 in September, Windwaker HD in October and Super Mario Lands in December.

Many consumers have argued that the Wii U’s price at $299/$349 in America and $349/$429 price tag in Australia has been affecting sales, but given enough worthwhile games and people will be willing to overlook that price despite it still having a large price difference compared to the PS4 at $399 USD/$449 AUSD and the Xbox One at $499 USD/$599 AUSD.

Pikmin 3 is scheduled for release on July 26, 2013 in Europe, July 27, 2013 in Australia and August 4, 2013 in North America.

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Nintendo 3DS First-Party Software Sales Are Up 52 Percent in 2013 according to a new report released today by Nintendo. Some titles that are being credited for this success include LEGO® City Undercover: The Chase Begins with optimistic numbers for the future pointing to upcoming releases Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Pokémon, Mario Golf, and Zelda.

More April Sales news quoted directly from Nintendo:

“LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins sold nearly 94,000 combined physical and digital copies after launching on April 24.

Luigi’s Mansion™: Dark Moon sold more than 140,000 combined physical and digital units in April and has now sold more than 530,000 total units to date.

In its sixth month on the market, New Super Mario Bros.™ U for the Wii U™ system increased its lifetime sales total to nearly 770,000 combined physical and digital units.”

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Sony Worldwide Studios and their partners, both first part, third party, and even everything in between discuss the way the PlayStation 4 came together. Sony and its game development partners have focused on a new way of making games that will produce higher quality experiences.

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Check out the latest trailer to surface regarding the PlayStation Vita’s upcoming release in Japan. Many eyes have been hot on the trail of this handheld which sports rear and front cameras, high-resolution graphics, dual analog thumbsticks (not nubs), and of course front touch screen and rear touch pad. Anything less than first party accessories for such a beast of a game system would just be uncivilized. And so, here we are with a trailer revealing some of the tech you can pick up by Sony for accessorizing your Vita with.

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